Sheet-metal pocket tobacco-box.



@.jw. WEBER, SHEET METAL POCKET TOBACCO BOX.

APBLIOATION FILED JUNE Z4, 1908.

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GEORGE 1V. VEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,Ol" NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL POCKET TOBACCO-B OX.

Application led June 24, 1908.

To all whom 'it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. WEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Sheet-Metal PocketTobaccooxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet metal pocket tobaccoboxes.

The object of my invention is to provide a sheet metal pocket tobaccobox of a simple, efficient and durable construction, composed of fewparts and capable of being cheaply manufactured, which will be ofconvenient shape for carrying in the ocket, which will be suitable foruse not on y as a container for tobacco, but also as a cigar case afterthe tobacco has been used, and in which the cover will serve as a troughin which to lay the cigarette paper while the tobacco is being evenlydistributed therein and the surplus tobacco conveniently returned intothe box preparatory to rolling the cigarette, and in which the curvedcover may be held securely closed.

My invention consists in the means herein shown and described forpractically aecomplishing this object or result, the saine being morespecifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure1 is a front elevation of a sheet metal tobacco box embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a central, vertical longitudinal section on line2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figfl isa detail plan view of a portion of the box front. Fig. 5 is a detailinside plan view of the cover flap looking` from the inside and F ig. 6is an enlarged detail view of the rotary fastener device on the coverflap.

In the drawing, 1 represents the body olI my combined sheet metaltobacco container and cigar case, 2 the hinged cover thereof. The long,narrow thin body 1 has a curved or rounded bottom end 3, curved orrounded open end or mouth l, curved or rounded side edges 5, 5, a flatback wall 6 and a flat Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Serial No. 440,070.

front wall 7. 'lhe body of the box is preferably in one integral piece,the curved bottom end 3 uniting the back wall 6 and front wall 7 and thecurved meeting side edges of the back shell 6 and front shell 7 beingsecured together by interfolded or lock seams S. The front wall 7 of thebox body is furnished with a depression or countersink 9 and with twofastener slits 10, one on each side thereof.

The curved cover 2 is connected by a hinge pin 11 which passes throughhinge ears 12, 13 at the upper edge of the back body and the adjacentedge of the cover. The hinged cover 2 is curved to fit snugly the curvedupper end 4 of the box body and close the same, and it is provided withan integral flap 14 which overlaps and snugly Yfits the flat front wallof the box body at the upper portion thereof. This flap 14 is providedwith a pivot hole 15 to receive the rotary fastener 16 by which thecover is held closed. The rotary fastener 16 is preferably circular inshape and is stamped u of sheet metal and provided with a knul-le rim 17and two integral pivot and fastener tongues or lips 1S Which areinserted through the pivot hole 15 of the cover fia 14, and then turnedat right angles or clenc ed down so that these right angle projectinglips 1S, when the rotary fastener is given a quarter turn, will projectthrough the fastenerl slits 10 in the front wall of the box body.

I claim 1. A sheet metal ocket box comprising a one piece body mem erhaving flat back and front walls, a curved bottom end wall, curved sidewalls and a curved mouth end, and a curved cover having an integral flapprovided with a rotary catch having bent locking lips rotatablyconnecting said catch to said iiap, the front Wall of said body having arecessed portion and slits to receive the locking lips of the rotarycatch when it is turned, substantially as s eciiied.

2. The combination wit a box body, of a cover having a flap, and arotary sheet metal catch having integral bent locking lips extendingthrough said cover l'lap to rotatably secure the catch thereto, said boxbody having in its integral Wall slits to receive said locking lips whenthe catch is turned, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a box body, of a cover having a flap, and arotary sheet metal catch having integral bent locking lips eX- tendingthrough said cover la to rotatably secure the catch thereto said 0X bodyhav l ing in its integral Wall slits to receive seid l locking lips Whenthe catch is turned, said l0 box body having e recessed portion betweensaid slitsx substantially as specified.

GEORG-E W. VEBER. Witnesses 1 L. A. WELLES, W. P. PALMER.

